Manufacture of cigarettes



I April 30, 1935. R, F. MAY

MANUFACTURE OF CIGARETTES Filed OOQ. 3l, 1934 i machine.

Patented Apr, 30, 1935i.` n L MANUFACTURE OF CIGARETTES Rowland Frank'May, Middlesex, VEngland,` assignor to Filter Tips Limited, London, England,

ra British company Application Dctober y 2 Claims. This invention cigarettes having tions.

The invention has for its primary object to provide an improved method of and means for relates to the manufacture of lter tips or like stub porproducing such cigarettes by the application of lter tips or like stubrportions Yto cigarettes as produced, for example, on the continuous rod According to the piece.

According to the invention, moreover, -apparatus for carrying out the method specied comintermlttently movable carrying means y for receiving and holding cigarettes, means for applying strips of paper,

cork or the like o the cigarettes in such manthe tubular mouthpieces so formed. In one embodiment the intermittently movable bands of paper, cork or the like around the ends of the cigarettes. Alternatively, the sleeves or equivalent cigarette-receiving The sleeves may be provided with gripping means such as springs for holding the cigarettes in position in the sleeves and for preventing the rotation of the cigarettes in relation to the sleeves.

The cigarettes may be fed to the intermittently movable carrying means from the continuous rod machine and in order to allow for suicient time interval for the application of the bands of paper, cork or the like, two intermittently movable carriers may -be provided. and the cigarettes may be fed alternately to the carriers by means of an'oscillatable member having two parallel chambers or bores therein. Conveniently, the intermittently movable carrying '31, In Great Britain July 14, 19?*3 5 `(ci. 1er-39) l H II Figure l;

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means comprises `an intermittently rotatable amm.

The invention is hereinafter described by Way of example with reference tothe accompanying diagrammatic drawing, in which:,- Y

Figure 1 is Yan end elevation partly in section illustrating one iembodiment of apparatus according to the invention;

YFigure 2 is a sectional plan view on the .line

and

Figure 3 is a sectional plan view on the line III-III,`Figure 1. y

In carrying the invention into effect and with reference to the accompanying diagrammatic drawing, cigarettes are fed into sleeves la in an drum I either from a piece projecting beyond 2, as shown in Figure 3.

effected by yrotating the sleeve la in relation tor the drum l either during movement of the drum from one stage to another, or during the period at which the drum is at rest. For instance, the rotatable sleeves aholding the cigarettes may be caused to rotate by the co-operation of gear wheels lb on the sleeves I a with a fixed rack or with a movable rack or segmental gear wheel according to whether the rotation is to be effected against displacement in the sleeves la. The band 3 of paper, cork or the like is fed into the device 4 through a tangential slot 4a by means of rollers 8 and a guide 9.

In a preferred arrangement, as shown in the drawing, the cigarettes are fed alternately, from a guide 1 leading from a continuous rod machine,

tionary for the effective application of the bands 3. The lter tips l@ or equivalent stub portions may be inserted from any suitable forming mechg A 'A 1,999,911

anism Il or from an intermediate carrierA or Y It Will be understood that the invention is not magazine into the tubular mouthpieces formed limited to the particular details hereinbefore deby Wrapping the bands 3 around the endporscribed. For example, in place of a drum, any tions Aof the cigarettes. In order to facilitate suitable intermittently movable carrier, such as the introduction of the filter tips or stub portions, an endless chain, may be utilized and the wrap- 5 the bore in each device 4 may be formed with ping of the band of paper, cork or the like around a shoulder 4b against which the end of the cigthe cigarette to form the tubular mouthpiece may arette 2 abuts s o'that the filter tip I0 or like be effected by other suitabley means. stub portionVV may be inserted without any possi- What I claim is',- bility of fouling the mouthpiece. The cigarettes 1. A method of producing lter tip cigarettes advantageously are fed from the continuous rod comprising positioning a cigarette in a retaining machine in such manner that the seam ofvr a cigu-A chamber, Wrapping a strip of material around arette paper case is in definite' relation tothe one'end to form a tubular mouthpiece, and bemechanism for applying the bands 3V so that the fore ejection ofV the cigarette from the chamber seam of the tubular mouthpiecewill be alwaysin inserting a filter p lug in said mouthpiece with alignment with the seam of the cigarette paper one endoi said plug abutting the tobacco of the case or in definite relationY thereto, cigarette and the other end of said plug flush In a modification, the iteniittently moyable the'freeV end of A the mouthpiece tube. carrying means,'such as the drum IV, may be 2. Amethod of producing filter tip cigarettes provided with sleeves or equivalent cigarette-recomprising positioning a cigarette in a retaining ceivng means" noni-rotatable in relation thereto chamber, rotating the cigarette while applying ar'ide'ach bandoflpaper, corkcrv the like is ap:- ast'rip of mouthpiecefmaterial to one en'duofwtl'ie.v

plied by means such as a roller. or, groupv ofirllcigaretttofrmatubular mouthpiece, and` ers; or' the equivalent" rotatable about the. axis sertingv. a filtrer. plug in said mouthpiece, withy one ofthe cigarette,k A band of paper, cork or the end of said abutting the tobacco inthe cig; like fed between ltheproiectixig part of a cigarette arette and the 'free end. ottheplug flush'th'e and me afcrjesaidjroiierjor gmiup'of rouersinr' the ffiee enc bf' the 'tubular einem ieee, logici-er req'ivalentniay, by the rotation of thesa'meabout Inoval of e thecigar the, axis of the cigarett bev thereby Wrapped around' the latter. RQWLeNQ-FMNK MAY. ao 

